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Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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No. 372,816. Patented Nov. a, v1887.

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UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN PEPER AND CHARLES VO.

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SOBINSKI, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI;

SAID SOBINSKIASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO SAID PEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,816, dated November 8, 1887.

Application iiled June 22, 1887. Serial No. 242,200. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- l

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN PEPER and CHARLES O. SoBINsKI, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Track-l y Cleaner Attachments for Street-Cars, 85o., of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication, and in which-f Figure I is a side elevationof ourimproved cleaner, showing part of a street-car. Fig. II is a similar view illustrating the movement of the cleaner when it comes against an obstruction. Fig. III is a vertical section taken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV is a vertical section taken on line IV IV, Fig. II. Fig. Vis a horizontal section taken on line V V, Fig. 1. Fig. VI is an enlarged perspective view.

Our invention relates to an improved attachment for street and other cars for cleaning the tracks; andour invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described,

and pointed out in the claims.

`Referring to the drawings, l represents a bar or arm hinged or pivoted at 2 to the car 3.

. 4 represents a frame secured by bolts 5 or otherwise to the bar 1 The frame is preferably triangular in shape, as shown in Figs. I and II, though not necessarily so. Its face is provided with a slot or opening, 6, in which fits a lever, 7, and the middle or central parts, 8, of a plate, 9, the outer parts or portions, 10, of the plate fitting outside of the frame. The lever and also the plate are secured to the frame by a bolt, 11.

1 2 represents a scraper hinged to the plate 9, preferably through means of a piece, 14, to which the scraper is secured by bolts or rivets 15.

13 represents the hinge between the piece 14 and the plate. By thus securing the scraper to the plate (by means of the piece 14) it can be removed and replaced by another, when it becomes Worn, without much expense or trouble. Y

16 represents one link or bar of a toggle connected at 17 to the back of the plate 9, and 18 represents the other link or bar of the toggle,

which is connected by a bolt, 19, to the bar 16. and by a bolt, 20, to the frame 4.

42l represents a wheel or roller journaled in the lower ends of projections 22 on the togglebar 16. 23 represents the journal of the roller.

The lower end of the lever 7 bears at 24 against the scraper 12, and holds the scraper in an inclined position,with its free edge away from the plate 14, the outward movement .of the scraper being limited .by its hinged edge coming against the plate 14, as shown at 25, Fig. V. To the upper end of the lever is connected aspring, 26, the other end of which is made fast to the frame 4 or the bolt 20. This spring serves, through means of the lever, to hold the scraper in its inclined position, and by exerting pressure on the scraper it holds the plate 14 in line with the face of the frame 4, and to hold the toggles in line, as shown in Figs. I and VI, until the scraper comes against an obstruction, and then these parts are forced anywhere (according to the size of the obstruction) from the position shown in full lines,

Fig. II, to the position shown in dotted lines,

same figure, the spring yielding to the pressure brought upon itat such times, and as soon as the obstruction is passed returns the parts to their natural position.

It will' be seen that as the scraper is forced back by the obstruction the wheel or roller descends onto the track, (from the position shown in Fig. IL) which is due to the folding of the toggle-bars, and the bearing ofthe roller on the track has a tendency to lift the scraper and the entire attachment, the bar 1 turning on its pivot 2. This a'ssists the scraper in passing the obstruction.

By having the scraper inclined, as stated and shown, it better delects or moves the snow, dirt, &c., from the track, and at the same time, if itcomes against an obstruction, (such, for instance, as the projecting end of a spike, as shown in Fig. 11,) it will first spring back or recede until its free edge comes against the plate 14, and then it rises over the obstruction, as described, and immediately on passing the obstruction reassumes its natural position. The front end of the bar 1 is held in a stirrup or hanger, 30, secured to the bottom of the Cnr, and the attachment may be lifted until the Scraper is free of the track, if desired, by a oord, 31, on the free end of the har, which is provided with a ring7 32, to reoeive a pin, 33, on the our.

XVe claim as, our inventionl. In a traolvoleener, the combination of the freine, plate hinged to the frame, scraper hinged to the plate, and a spring exerting its press ure upon the scraper through suitable menus, whereby the parts are held in natural position and allowed to yield when the scraper comes in Contact with an obstruction, substantially as set forth.

2. In a track-cleaner, the Combination of the frameplatehinged to the frame,serapersecured to the plate, toggle-bers connecting the plate to the frame, and ai Spring and lever for hold inlrbr the parts in their natural position, suh stautially as ond for the purpose set forth.

3. In :i traek-oleuner, the combination ofthe frame, plete hinged tothe frame, scraper on the plate, toggle-bars connecting the plate to the frame, and a spring for holding the parts in their natural position, substantially es set forth.

4. In a track-Gleaner, the Combination of the frame, plate hinged to the freine, scraper on the plate, toggle-bars connecting the plate to the frame, spring and lever for holding the parts in their niiturzil position, and awheel or roller secured to the toggle bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a trank-Gleaner, the combination ofthe frame, plat-e hinged to the frame, Scraper on the plate, toggle-bars eonneoting the plate to the frame, and a spring and lever for holding the ports in their natural position, the lever being pivoted to the frame at the same point as said platte, substantially as set forth.

6. In u tracleoleaner, the combination of the frame, platehinged to the fraine,soraper hinged to the plate, toggle-bars connecting the plate to the frame, and a spring and lever for holding the parts :in their natural position, the scraper being held in an inclined position by the spring and lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7 In e track-Cleaner, the combination ofthe frame, plate hinged to the frame, scraper on the plate, toggle-bars connecting the plate to the frame, and mechanism for holding the scraper in an inclined position on Vthe plate until it comes against an obstruction and for holding the plate in line with the frame, sub stautially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a track-cleaner, the combination of the ironie, plate hinged to the frameereper hinged to the frame by means of a piene, 14, to which the scraper is removably connected, togglebars connecting the plate to the frame, and spring and lever for holding the paris in their natural position, substantially as set forth.

9. In a, trnelroleaner, the combination of the freine, plate hinged to the frame, scraper on the plate, toggle-bars connecting the plate to the frame, spring and lever for holding the parts in their natural position, a hinged bnr to which the frame is secured, and a stirrnp or henger supporting the free end of the bar and permitting it to rise, substantially as set forth.

CHRISTIAN PEPER. CHARLES O. SOBINSKI.

In presence of* GEo. H. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT. 

